There's already fiery feedback from the Sal Perna report into racing's so-called darker side... Victorian Jockeys Association CEO Des O'Keefe vehemently disagrees with Perna's finding that the "perception is that most if not all jockeys bet". He says: "We can't find any factual basis for that assertion, the perception that most if not all jockeys bet," O'Keefe told TVN. "If that is the perception in racing it is wrong...There is no factual basis other than the Damien Oli
There's already fiery feedback from the Sal Perna report into racing's so-called darker side... Victorian Jockeys Association CEO Des O'Keefe vehemently disagrees with Perna's finding that the "perception is that most if not all jockeys bet". He says: "We can't find any factual basis for that assertion, the perception that most if not all jockeys bet," O'Keefe told TVN. "If that is the perception in racing it is wrong...There is no factual basis other than the Damien Oliver case and allegations involving Danny Nikolic, which have been very damaging to the image of jockeys and the industry...We're very pleased that the report did not find race-fixing was a systemic problem in Victorian racing...That was the finding that we had anticipated. It's reassuring to us and is what we thought was the case, "